Hand covering



Filed Dec. 5, 1947 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 March 24, 1953 HAGSTROM 2,632,172

HAND COVERING OLOF HA esm z INVEN TOR.

Jay/ 1% HTTORNEY- Patented Mar. 24, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE- Application December 5, 1947, Serial No. 789,796 I In Finland December 7, 1943 Claims. 1

In heretofore known hand coverings intended for hard usage and in the main consisting of two parts, back piece and front piece or palm having a thumb element attached thereto, an undesired crease in the bent section between the thumb element and palm is formed on usage.

Moreover a seam is also located here. All work the crease formation is a source of inconvenience and annoyance and inevitably results in the fact that said hand covering wears out along said crease thus rendering it unfit for use as a patch on this place is impractical.

The object of this invention is the provision of a hand covering of the class described in which there are none of the defects stated above. This is accomplished by cutting out the different pieces of the hand covering in a specific manner.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of a blank for both the front and back pieces of the hand covering in accordance with the preferred form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the thumb trank in accordance with the Fig. 1 form;

Fig. 3 is a view of a blank for a gusset in accordance with the Fig. 1 form;

Fig. 3a is a similar View of a slightly modified form of gusset;

Fig. 4 is a side view of an assembled hand covering incorporating the blanks of Figs. 1-3;

Fig. 5 is a view of a blank for a back piece of a modified form of hand covering;

Fig. 6 is a view of a blank for the front piece of said modified form;

Fig. 7 is a view of a blank of a gusset for said modified form;

Fig. 8 is a view of a blank of a thumb trank for said modified form;

Fig. 9 is a side view of an assembled hand covering incorporating the blanks of Figs. 5-8;

Fig. 10 is a view of a blank for the back piece of another modified form of hand covering;

Fig. 11 is a view of a blank for the front piece of said other modified form;

Fig. 12 is a view of a blank of a gusset for said other modified form;

Fig. 13 is a view of a blank of a thumb trank for said other modified form;

Fig. 14 is a view of a blank of the other gusset for said other modified form and Fig. 15 is a side View of an assembled hand covering incorporating the blanks of Fig. 10-14.

Referring in detail to the embodiment of Figs. 1-4 the back piece I and the front or palm piece 2 of the hand covering are shown in blank form 2 in Fig. 1 in side by side relationship ready for folding into operative position. The piece 2 carries a lower protruding piece 3 to form the grip side of the thumb. It is apparent "that the front piece 2 will substantially overlie the back piece I save for a lower portion of the latter. The thumb trank piece 4 however carries a lower horizontally extending portion which is joined to the front piece and closes the gap opposite the lower portion of the back piece. The upwardly extending portion of the .piece 4 forms the thumb trank proper.

The hand covering is completed by the wedge shaped gusset 5 shown in Fig. 3. This gusset is ccncavely curved along its upper edge 6 on a radius suitable for enabling an effective grip between the thumb portion and palm portion of the particular sized hand covering. Obviously this radius will vary in accordance with the size of the hand covering while retaining the same center.

The assembled hand covering as illustrated in Fig. 4 is formed by overlying the front piece =2 over the back piece I in opposition to each other and joining their free side edge portions. The thumb trank piece 4 has its upper right hand edge portion as viewed in Fig. 2 secured to the mated lower edge portion of the front piece. The gusset 5 is secured in place as shown in Fig. 4 with its inclined side portions secured to the related portions of the thumb trank and back piece and with its curved upper edge portion 6 secured to the opposed edge portion of the front piece.

This construction totally eliminates the formation of a crease in the bent portion of the hand covering between the thumb and the palm even when a gripping position is taken a illustrated in Fig. 4.

If desired the sides of the gusset 5 may be curved a little towards the edge portion 5 as shown in Fig. 3a, rather than being straight. This imparts a grip like curve to the whole of the hand covering.

The other two embodiments correspond in the main to the one hereinabove described with the exception that herein the length of the front piece or palm is equivalent to that of the back piece. Thus the seam across the front piece or palm is avoided. The gussets 9 (Fig. 7) and [6 (Fig. 12) differ from gusset 5 in that the curved upper base line is lengthened and extends to the top of the finger, according to Fig. 5-9 and almost to the top of the finger according to Figs.

According to Figs. 5-9 the gusset 9 is joined to back piece I3 along the edge portion 8 and to the front piece H along the curved edge portion I, which thus falls along the edge portion In between the finger top 'and the protruding part l2. The edge portions 1 and 10 are both curved in the same canner corresponding to the normal grip of the hand. The third edge portion I4 is joined to the thumb trank I5 and is also slightly curved.

According to Figs. 10-15 the gusset I6 is joined to the front piece 2|, the back piece 22 and the thumb trank 24. The edge portions I! and 19 are stitched together and both are curved correspondingly to the normal grip of the hand. The curved edge portion I8 is joined to the edgeportion 25 of the back piece 22. The third side 26 of the piece I6 is joined to the thumb trank 24. On the opposite side of the gusset I6 is another gusset .28, which with its curved edge portions 21 and ,29 is stitched to the edge portion '30iof the front piece 2! and theledge'portion 23.0f the backpiece22.

The ready-stitched ,hand coverings according tothese embodiments are still more grip-like than the onein Fig. 4, as evidentfrom Figs. 9

- and 15.

Accordingflto the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 5-9 and 'Figs.10-'15 the edge portions of the gussets.9.and H; which engage themated edge portions of the respective thumb tranks I5 and .24 can be either straight or slightly curved toward theedge portions to be joined to the front piece.

,In .the illustrated embodiments the pieces 5, Band .16 have been designed as a separate piece, which is of advantage in the respect that small bits of leather such as remnants and the like can be utilized, which involves noteworthy saving of expensive raw material.

The separate pieces of the glove are joined together in the usual way either withor without the use of protecting leather tape or strip in the seams.

Having thus described my .invention what I claim is:

1. A handcovering comprising a back piece, .a thumb trank formed with a lower transverse portion and a portion extending upwardly therefrom, a front piece formed with a main portion, and with an upwardly extending portion corresponding to said upwardly extending portion of said thumb trank, and a gusset, said gusset being formed with a plurality of edge portions one of said edge portions .being joined to the edge portion .of said back piece at the thumb sidethereof, another of said edge portions being joined to the adjacent edge portion of said transverse portion of said thumb trank and a third of said edge portions being joined to the edge portion of said front piece extending between said upwardly extending portion thereof and said main portion thereof, the line of joinder of said third edge portion with said edge portion of said front piece being concavely curved to provide a normal handgripping curve between the thumb part and body part of said hand covering.

2. Ahand covering as in claim 1 wherein said third edge portion of said gusset is the upper edge portion thereof and is concavely curved downward on a short radius.

3. A hand covering comprising a back piece and a front piece, said front piece including a main portion and an upwardly extending portion extending away from said main portion, said back 4 piece and said main portion of said front piece being formed to receive the fingers of a hand therebetween and said upwardly extending portion being formed to overlie the inner side of the thumb of the hand, a thumb trank including a lower wide portion and an upwardly extending reduced portion formed to overlie the .outer side of the thumb of the hand, said back piece, front piece and thumb trank presenting joining edge portions at the thumb side of said hand covering, and a gusset formed with side edge portions and an upper edge portion for engagement with said joining edge portions of said back piece, front piece and thumb trank, said respective edge portions being joined togetherandsaid upper edge portion of said upwardly extending portion of said thumb trank being joined to the adjacent edge portion of said front piece extending from the main portion thereof towards said upwardly extending portion thereof, the line of joinder of said upper edge portion of said thumb trank and said extending edge portion of said front piece being concavely curved downward on a short radius.

4. A hand covering comprising a back piece, a thumb trank including a lower wide portion and a reduced upwardly extending portion, a front piece including a main part to overlie said back piece andform with the same a finger receiving portion of said hand covering, a protruding part extending away from said main part and corresponding to said reduced upwardly extending portion of said thumb trank and lying opposite to said upwardly extending portion of said thumb trank to form with the same a thumb receiving portion of said hand covering and a joining portion extending between said main part and said protruding part, a substantially wedge shaped gusset formed with downwardly and inwardly extending side edge portions and with a top edge portion curved concavely downwardly one short radius, said gusset being located at the thumb side of said hand covering and having its edge portions joined to the respective joining edge portions of said back piece, front piece and thumb trank at said thumb side of said hand covering, .said concavely curved edge portion of said gusset being secured to the adjacent edge portion of said joining portion of said front piece, said edge portion of said joining portion being curved in correspondence with said concavely curved edge portion to form a concavely curved joining section between said finger receiving portion and said thumb receiving portion of the hand covering.

5. A hand covering as in claim 4 wherein said downwardly and inwardly extending side edge portions of said gusset'are slightly curved towardsaid'top edge portion thereof.

OLOF HAGSTRGM.

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